Gas apparatus.



0.w.v1sscHER a; c. T. TARPENNING.

GAS APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 19.14.

, l2, 12 L Patented May 9, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINQTON. D. c.

in s r oswALn w. vissonnn AND on'Aiit-y'ns` 'rAnrnNN1NG, kor INDIANAroLis, AINDIANA,

AssIeNoRs To JENNEACETYLENE'GAS MACHINE ooivirANY, or iNnIANArotiis,

INDIANA, A oonroiaA'rIoN.yr

sAs APPARATUS.

Patented May 9, 1916.y f

s Application nieu May 22, 1914. seriaiNo. 840,299.

To all wko/m tf/1mg concern s Be it'known that we, OswALD Vissoijinn and CHARLES T. TARPENNING, citizens of the United States, and residents of Indianapolis, county of Marion, ,and State of. lndiana, have invented a certain newr and useful Gas Apparatus; and ,weide` hereby de Clare that the following isa full, clear, and eXact descriptio-n thereof, `reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The` object of this invention is an improvement in the construction and operation of that part of an acetylene generatorfink which the gas isstored and washed, whereby washed gas and unwashed gasare stored' separately, with provision for automatically washing the unwashed gas and transferring it to the receptacle containing washed gas as required; and also whereby the pressure at which the gas `is stored ismaintained substantially constant and independent of such variables as the level of the water in the apparatus. s s y One feature of the inventionconsists in providing a high pressure gas bell and a normal pressure gas bell sealed by water at their lower ends and supported by the water, said bells being secured togetherso that they rise and fall together with theresultthat` gas lin the i high `pressurebell will pass through; a washingdeviceto takethe place of gas drawn from the normal pressure bell.

Along with the foregoing feature of the invention is the provision of a gas washer in communication with the Vhigh pressure bell and the normal pressure bell, said gas washery being automatically buoyant so as to diss charge the gas from a constant depth below the surface of the water into the normal pressure bell. This is important since the difference in pressure in the high pressure and normal pressure bells is equal to this depth and in each of said bells a constant pressure is desired.y

vWhile the invention is shown and described with particular reference to use in tical section through that part yof an acety lenegas apparatus in which the gas isstored and washed. Fig. 2 isa plan view thereof. `There is an outer tank 10 open at the to-p and provided with a chamber 11 in the lower i part thereof. Above said chamber 11 there is 'a water chamber '12 having a bottom 13 and surrounding a central tube` 14 which brings the generating chamber and the yhigh pressure bell 15 into communication withf` each other'. Said Vbell is closed at thev upper end and issupported by the water in said water chamber` 12. `The normal pressure l bell 16 surrounds'the high pressurebelll and is closed at the top, and ,is supportedkby c the water in the water chamber 12.`v` The twobells l'and 16y are secured together by a cross rod 17 connected to flangesylS eX- tending upward from the bells. Hence, said bells moveupj and down together. As the gas is produced, itk first enters into the high pressure bell 15 and when it reaches a sufficient pressure therein it passes'through the gas washer 28 to the normal pressure kgas bell 16, and in `such Vpassage the gas is washed. The accumulation of gas inthese bells causes them to rise. 1

The washer 23 whichbrings the highpres'- surebellfl` and the normal pressure bell 16 into communication with each other is in the forn'iofabell which is free to moveupk 1 and down over the upperend of the tube 22 n rwhich'leads from the chamber 11 and proi vjects abovethe water level in the normal ,n

pressure'bell 16. The flower end of said washer is provided with a buoyancy cham-` ber 24 which supports the washer in the surrounding water at such an elevation that gas youtlets in the walls of the washer are always at a constant distance, say one inch, below' the surface of the water. with this construction it requires a diiiierence in pressure in the two bells which is proportional to this distance to force gas to issue through these outlets. The outlets 25 are.

relatively small as it is desirable to have the 10o bubbles of gas small so as to bring every par-` ticle of the gas into contact with the cleansingy fluid. A service pipe 20 leads from above the water level in the normal pressure bell to the point where the gas is used.

n In the drawings, thebells'l and 16 are concentric,fbiit this construction is not necessary to this invention, as any arrangement whereby they are caused to move up and down together and gas can pass from 110 It is obvious that Q l l Y 1,182,121

the high pressure chamber to the normal pressure chamber, will suiiice.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: VWhen gas is generated, it ascends from chamber 11 through the tube 141- into the bell 15 and elevates said bell. gas bell 15 risesit carries the gas bell 16 with it and tends to lower the pressure in the gasbell 16. But immediately gas passes through the gas outlets in the washer 23 and maintains the pressurein gas bell 16 unchanged, so that both bells rise together with unchanged pressure as long as gas is gener-k ated.y As the gas issuesthrough the gas outlets 2 5 it passes up through the water and is washed and purified.V Asgas isv drawn from the generator through the service pipe 20 the normal pressure bell 16 falls carrying high pressure bell 15 with it and tending to increase the pressure in the bell. Immediately, however, gas from thehigh pressure bell 15 passes to the normal pres-V sure bell 16`through the water washer 23,' thus replenishing thelatter bell ywith washed gas and maintaining the pressure Vin both ybells unchanged 'as they fall.

The invention Claimed is:

1. Gas apparatus, a water sealed bell, a gas supplyingtube leading in to said bell, another water sealed bell secured to said first-mentioned bell, and a floatingv gas washing de- Y vice inthe last-mentioned bell which is in communication with said generating chamber. Y,

2. In a gas apparatus, a water sealedbell adapted to receive gas from the generator,

another water sealed bell secured to the first mentioned bell, a vertical tube in the lastv mentioned. bell and through whichthe gas enters the first mentioned'bell and which n extends to a point above the water line in `the lastv'mentioned'bell, a gas washing de-V vice over the upper end of said tube in the `form of'a gas bell, provided with a plurality of lateral outlets, and designed to float with As ther these Voutlets below the waterline in the last mentioned bell, anda service pipe leading from the lastl mentioned bell. Y

v3. In a gas Vapparatus,.a water sealed bell adaptedv to receive gasv from the generator,

another water sealed bell secured to the first mentioned bell, a vertical tube in the last mentioned-bell and through which the gas enters the first mentioned bell and which eX- tends to a point above the water line in the last mentioned bell, a gas washing device over theV upper end of said tube in the Vform of a gas bell, provided with a plurality of chamber for supporting said washing device and designed to float Ywith these outlets below the water line in the last mentioned bell, and a service pipe leading from the last mentioned bell.V I

4. In a gas apparatus, .a water sealed bell .adapted to receive gas from the generator,

another water sealed bell secured to the first mentioned bell, a vertical' tube in' the last ymentioned bell and through which the gas enters` the first mentioned bell and ywhich eX- tends to a pointabove the water line inthe last mentioned bell, a gas washing devicel over the upper end of said tube in the form of a gas bell, provided with a lplurality of lateral Outlets, and provided with a fioat oswALD w. visfscHnR. Y p l@Hennes fr. ,TARPENNINQ Y Witnesses: y Y l d. H. WELLS,

AQH. EDGERTON.

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YVlateral outlets, and provided with a float 

